Young Person of the Year Award
A young person, up to the age of 19 years old, who has made a positive contribution to their community, is an example to their friends, may have excelled academically, in sport or has successfully faced personal challenges.
Prize – 4 tickets to all fixtures at the Keepmoat Stadium for one year and an Ipod Nano
Donated by – the Keepmoat Stadium and Doncaster Council
Winner
Leeanne Wilkinson receiving her award
Leeanne Wilkinson
An enthusiastic and caring teenager, Leeanne cares for her Nana before and after school but still finds time to be actively involved in a wide range of volunteer work and fundraising.
A youth club volunteer, peer mentor, active member of the Connexions Young Persons Advisers Group and Vice Chairperson of Doncaster Young Carers Support Group, Leeanne gives her time effortlessly for the benefit of others and has recently been awarded Most Caring Student of the Year Award from Don Valley School.
Earlier this year, Leeanne was praised by Doctors for calmly tending to her distressed Nana while waiting for medical assistance when she collapsed with a gastric bleed. Her caring outlook knows no end and she is currently planning on pursuing a career as a therapist so that she can help others everyday.
Finalists
Young Person of the Year Finalists
Kelly Bramhald
An outstanding athlete, Kelly is ranked 5th in Great Britain for the Javelin and regularly competes in the Under 15’s Pentathalon Multi Events which sees her excel at Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put and the 800 Metres.
She has represented her school, the town and the region in numerous prestigious events and recently recorded a “Championship Best Performance Record” in the South Yorkshire Track and Field. Ever ambitious, Kelly has now set her sights on competing in the Heptathlon next year.
Despite a punishing training and competition schedule Kelly is also excelling academically, taking her fast tracked Maths Statistics GCSE 2 years early, and has volunteered to be a peer mentor, providing support to younger students.
Charlotte Gosden
Charlotte has achieved an enviable balance between her studies and the support of other students through her school’s Buddies scheme and beyond. She gives her time and energy freely and is much respected and admired by her peers and school staff.
Charlotte and her family have had a lot of attention over the past year since her brother Andrew went missing. She could quite easily have given up and stayed at home but Charlotte has continued her academic success and has been an inspiration to other students with her determined efforts to make a difference to the lives of others.
When her family recently made a journey to London to highlight the case of Andrew and other missing children it was a testament to Charlotte that so many of her peers made that journey with her, encouraged to try harder and get involved by her example.
Ryan Howarth
For the last seven years Ryan has been a dedicated fundraiser for numerous local cancer care charities.
As part of the Firefly Foundation, Ryan works to help raise cancer awareness and support for their work with Cancer patients. Earlier this year he was honoured in The Star’s Super Kids Awards.
Determined to use his creative talents to make a positive difference to the lives of others, his never-failing energy and enthusiasm provides an example to us all of what can be achieved.
